Improvement in barbers  chairs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSWALD KUBITSOHKY AND JOHN F. NITSOHKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBERS CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,859, dated July 18,1876; application filed November 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OSWALD KUBrrsoHKY and JOHN F. NITSGHKE, of Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Bar-, bers Chairs, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention relates to a rotating and tilting chair, to be used moreespecially by barbers; and its nature consists in a pivoted stand, whichrotates in a stationary stand or base, and is jointed to the seat-railsof the chair. The middle bed-rail of the chair is provided with a bar,jointed to an adjustable footboard and to the back seat-rail of thechair, and the back portion of the bar is provided with two joints,whereby an elbow is formed,

onejoint sliding against an inclined plane on the under side of themiddle bed-rail, and the other joint sliding against an incline on thepivoted stand. To one of the arms of the pivoted stand is attached arack, on which a catch attached to the chair-seat looks. Thisarrangement is such that when the rear of the seat is depressed theelbow-joints will straighten out and elevate the foot-board pivoted tothe front of the chair-seat, and the catch will lock on the rack andhold the parts thus adjusted.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional elevation 'ofonrimprovementas applied to a chair; Fig. 2, also a longitudinal sectionalelevation of the same, one figure showing the foot-board elevated andthe other depressed.

Fig. 3 shows a front and side view of thejoint' connecting the bottomframe of the chairwith the pivoted stand.

A represents the ordinary floor-stand of a chair. To this stand ispivoted an upper stand, B B B B, consisting of four arms, joinedtogether at their central intersection, and being provided with anordinary pivot-bolt, G,

extending into the stand A, so as to rotate. To the side arms B B areattached joints or hinges P P, which connect the said arms with the siderails of the chair-seat, permitting the seat to tilt back,as shown inFig. 1. K represents a rack attached to the end of the rear arm B, for apurpose hereinafter to be shown. I represents a foot-board, which isattached, by a hinge or by hinges K, to the front rail of thechair-seat, said board extending the width of thechair-seat. Drepresents a barofflat iron, which is hinged or jointed to thefoot-board I at J, is provided with joints E G, and is hinged to theback of the chair-bottom at F. A metal-plated incline, N, is formed onthe under side of the middle bed-rail H of the chairseat frame, and anincline is formed on the back arm B of the stand, as shown at M, for thepurpose of forming smooth bearings for the joints E G of the bar I) toslide on. As will be seen, these joints form elbows on the bar D, andthat, when the rear of the seat of the chair is depressed, the angleof-the elbowjoints will be brought to an obtuse angle, lengthening thebar D, so as to elevate the foot-board I, as shown in Fig. l, and thatthe catch L will lock on the rack K, and hold the parts as thusadjusted.

We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of thepivoted stand B B B B, having the incline M and rack K, the seat-frame,having the incline N and the catch L, the foot-hoard I, and the bar D,jointed at E G, and hinged to the scat-frame and footrest, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

OSWALD KUBITSGHKY. JOHN F. NITSOHKE. Witnesses:

G. L. GHAPIN, O. H. ADIX.

